16th Annual UTB Research Symposium - April 4, 2014

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 16th annual UTB Research Symposium. This exhibit will showcase our research across the disciplines through oral and poster presentations. This is a cross-disciplinary symposium, and presentations are welcome in any of the following areas:

Biological and Health SciencesEngineering and TechnologyHumanities and Social SciencesEducation and BusinessPhysical and Mathematical Sciences

Students and faculty who have participated in scholarly research at UTB or other academic institutions are invited to present their work. The symposium is an excellent forum for faculty to share their research with the university community.

Each participant will receive a certificate of participation. A team of faculty and off-campus judges for each category will select the most outstanding student contributions for special recognition. Student participants will be judged on the quality of the work and presentation.

Important dates:

March 3, 2014—Call for presentations open

March 21, 2014—Deadline to submit abstracts

March 25, 2014—Committee review of proposals and decision on participation

April 4, 2014—Research Symposium

Call for Presentations

Eligible participants:

Students or faculty who have participated in scholarly research at UTB or other academic institutions are invited to present their work.

Application for presentation:

Submit completed application using the form below by March 21, 2014.

Application should include the following:

Title of project/presentation

Abstract of 300 words or less. The abstract should explain clearly the content and relevance of the proposed contribution.

Name of presenter(s)

Name of faculty mentor (if applicable).

Discipline: Identify the area in which the paper should be placed: biological sciences, health sciences, engineering, technology, humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, mathematical sciences, business, or education.

Joan Centrella received her PhD from Cambridge University, where she was a student at the Institute of Astronomy. Following postdoctoral appointments at the University of Texas and the University of Illinois, she joined the faculty of Drexel University in the Physics Department. At Drexel, she developed a research group focused on studying astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. She also taught physics and astronomy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervised both graduate students and postdocs, and served as the advisor for all incoming graduate students in the department.

In 2001, she moved to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to join their newly-formed gravitational wave astrophysics group. She initiated and led their source modeling and numerical relativity effort in support of LISA. The primary focus of her research group was simulating the final merger of two black holes, considered to be the strongest and most important sources of gravitational radiation for both space-based and terrestrial detectors. In 2005, the Goddard team was one of three groups to achieve dramatic research breakthroughs and solve this long-standing problem. In May 2007, she was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for ground-breaking work in the simulation of gravitational wave signals from merging black holes. In May 2008, she and John Baker were awarded the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; this is the center's highest honor for outstanding contributions in space science.

In 2004 she became head of the Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory, which encompasses the gravitational wave and theoretical astrophysics groups at Goddard.

In May 2010, she took her current position as Deputy Director of the Astrophysics Science Division.

We need volunteers to assist us in facilitating the Research Symposium. If you would like to volunteer, please use the following form. In particular, please provide an email address and/or telephone number so that we may contact you.

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